North-East History Tour

© Copyright  Andrew Curtis  and licensed for  reuse  under this  Creative Commons Licence . Cowhorse, or Cowhaust, Hush is a subst...

© Copyright  Helen Wilkinson  and licensed for  reuse  under this  Creative Commons Licence . The chief attraction of Allenheads He...

Whitley Castle, as drawn by Thomas Sopwith in  The Roman Wall  by John Collingwood Bruce, (1853). North is to the right! Whitley ...

Though now obliterated from sight, a curious epitaph to one Robert Baxter was once to be found near the porch of St.Jude’s Church, Knarsd...

© Copyright  Mike Quinn  and licensed for  reuse   under this  Creative Commons Licence . Isaac’s Well sits quietly by the roadsi...

Whitfield Hall is a private mansion on the banks of the River West Allen, set against the rugged backdrop of the Pennine Hills. The esta...

© Copyright   Andrew Curtis   and licensed for   reuse   under this   Creative Commons Licence . Quaker meeting houses are thin on...

(image from Archaeologia Aeliana , 1st series, vol 44, 1870) A little to the north of Featherstone Castle there sits Wydon Eals Farm...

Quite apart from the misconception about the derivation of its place-name (no, it has nothing to do with trains, stations and whistles), ...

If you’ve read one of those old histories of the region you may have come across mention of the Roman Wall as Severus’ Wall , rather than ...

To a Lady, with Flowers from a Roman Wall By Sir Walter Scott Take these flowers which, purple waving, On the ruin’d rampart grew, ...

One of the neatest feats of Roman engineering in the region is one of the least known. It is the 9.5km line of the Roman aqueduct leading...

In a dip in the course of Hadrian’s Wall between Housesteads to the west and Sewingshields Crags to the east lies a tract of land known a...

Around the stretch of Hadrian’s Wall known as Sewingshields, near Housesteads, are a few hundred square yards of Northumbrian countryside ...

If you’ve ever seen one of those old castle toilets known as garderobes on a visit to one of our National Trust properties, you will kn...